12-year-old boy dies ‘making’ Tik Tok video in Kota

Kota: A 12-year-old boy died while allegedly making a video on Tik Tok mobile app at his home in Kota, police said. The Class VI student, Kaushal, was found hanging with iron chains around his neck in the bathroom of his house on Tuesday.

When Kaushal’s body was found by his family members, he was wearing bangles in his hands and a ‘mangal sutra’ around his neck. The family rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Police have registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC (unnatural death) and are investigating the case. “Kaushal’s parents believe that the boy perhaps got accidentally killed while preparing to make a video in Tik Tok mobile app,’’ a police officer said. However, the actual reason of death could be known only after the investigation was over and postmortem report was in, the officer added.

Kaushal’s parents have told the police that he was very fond of playing various video games and had downloaded Tik Tok app on his mobile.

The boy was awake the whole of Monday night as there were guests in the house. He spent the night playing games on his mobile, Kaushal’s father told police. “Kaushal would mostly use the mobile to play games. He was fond of making Tik Tok videos and must have killed himself trying to make one,” the officer quoted the boy’s father as having said to the cops.